Using Problem Based Learning (PBL) to teach Industrial Economics

For the last two academic years I have used PBL techniques to teach Industrial Economics to final year undergraduates on the North Campus of London Metropolitan University. The experiment has been mirrored by my colleague Guglielmo Volpe in a final year module he leads called Economic Growth and Economic Fluctuations and together they form the basis of a mini project supported by the Economics Network. Guglielmo's module precedes mine so by the time that they come to me they will already have experienced a PBL environment - albeit one that gives students more step-by-step guidance than the get from me.